timestatic

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[–] timestatic@feddit.org 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I would say this statement is false but just because its not really a secret

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 1 points 13 hours ago

I actually had the alvr bin aur installed on my old destop machine. Its just the only proper way for me on Quest to properly play any PCVR games. But i haven't used nor updated that one in a while. My new arch machine luckily doesn't have this installed but now im freaking out

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

You wouldn't get this advanced technology

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Legit first time looking at the picture i thought this was a googly eye

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Valve could also just stop allowing people to turn the gift card money back into real cash. It would be trivial to implement this with a bit of goodwill. But i get your point

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

But there will always be some form of gift card. if not steam gift card people will buy apple or google play cards. Its a sad thing going of with the scamming but honestly a physical gift card still beats a print out of an email on a piece of paper.

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 9 points 2 days ago (5 children)

No I think this is an awful move. Digital Gift Cards will still be available. And I think for gifting its actually really nice to still have.

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I dont use or like Brave that much but its definitely not Malware. This is how we lose normies. They use google chrome or whatever and infighting tells them "look this significantly more private product is awful". We kinda gotta stop doing that. That had some scretchy incidents with referral links but their BAT thing is like whatever. You dont have to use it. Their defaults are much more private then all the other mainstream chromium browsers. And it Open Source. I also think their development for their search engine has been interesting.

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Lets see if Brave will hold. Im gonna keep sticking to Firefox tho

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago

Yes, that is very reasonable and has been the standard in most developed nations for a while now outside the US. Although in the US it would quickly be decried as "communism" or whatever (ignoring the fact the US healthcare system is the most expensive in the world)

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I wasn't arguing against wealth distribution. Im just saying its crazy to believe if everyone were millionaire, everyone could afford what current millionaires can afford. I think the wealth assessment of few individuals is a systematic failure of capitalism. No individual can work enough that they should have a million times that of the average citizen. I think having certain variation in pay grade and wealth can be okay if it serves the best interest of the public and entices people to work hard. The economy would be driven by spending, yes but that spending would devalue money quickly. Also billionaires have most money in company shares, land etc, not liquid cash. Inheritance and wealth tax can do a decent amount to reduce inequality I believe. A good social safety net would also make the US a much better place for the average citizen.

People are just misunderstanding my argument. Although I don't think violent means like mentioned here are the way to go. But what am I even saying we are in a shitpost community after all.

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago

And knowing this makes me even more upset without anything to direct my anger at than myself

 

I know Wero is still in its infancy and the digital Euro is still a few years away, even if you believe there'll be no delays. But depending on where you live you can already do a lot for EU financial independence.

  • Use cash (very easy but not ideal in many situations/online)
  • Use a national payment providers:
    • Germany 🇩🇪: Girocard
    • Netherlands 🇳🇱: iDEAL
    • France 🇫🇷: Cartes Bancaires
    • Poland 🇵🇱: BLIK
    • Italy 🇮🇹:Bancomat/PagoBancomat
    • Many other options, check for your country
  • Use SEPA direct debit mandate or wire money directly if you can
  • Sign up to a european crypto exchange and use it for direct purchases. although I get if you don't like crypto but this is just for direct purchases

Otherwise American Payment providers usually get at least 1% and if you use card payment a lot over time that can really add up. This also mostly makes sense when buying from a european company. For US companies it really doesn't matter much. I've been trying to replace Amazon with Otto and I use SEPA direct debit mandate to avoid fees.

 

Since I was curious I checked the actual amount of upvotes and downvotes of my post on mbin. It got 56 upvotes and 66 downvotes according to them since I was curious. Seems I hurt their little ego when I mentioned blocking their instance.

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